USCGC Jarvis

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USCGC Jarvis (WHEC-725)
History
Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svgUnited States
NamesakeCaptain David H. Jarvis, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
Builder Avondale Shipyards
CostUS$14,065,811 [1]
Laid down9 September 1970
Launched24 April 1971
Commissioned4 August 1972
RecommissionedDecember 1992
Decommissioned2 October 2012
Identification
Motto
  • Dedicare ad excellentia
  • (Dedicated to Excellence)
FateTransferred to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Somudra Joy on May 23, 2013
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHigh endurance cutter
Displacement3,300 tons
Length378 ft (115 m)
Beam43 ft 8 in (13.31 m) [1]
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots
Range16,000 miles
Endurance45 days
Complement178 personnel (21 officers and 157 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems		 AN/SPS-40 air-search radar, MK 92 FCS
Armament Otobreda 76 mm, Phalanx CIWS

USCGC Jarvis (WHEC-725) was a Hamilton-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She was launched on 24 April 1971 and commissioned on 4 August 1971. She served on Ocean Station November and fisheries patrols and search and rescue missions in the Bering Sea. Beginning in 1988 Jarvis was homeported at Honolulu, Hawaii and used for law enforcement and search and rescue. She received a FRAM upgrade in 1990–2. Jarvis was decommissioned on 2 October 2012 and in January 2013 the Coast Guard announced that she would be transferred to the Bangladesh Navy late that year. She was commissioned as BNS Somudra Joy (F-28) on 23 December 2013.

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Construction

History

The USCGC Jarvis was named for David H. Jarvis, a hero of the United States Revenue Cutter Service. During the harsh winter of 1897–1898, Lieutenant Jarvis of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear led the Overland Relief Expedition to bring needed food to 265 whalers whose ships had been stranded in the ice off the northern coast of Alaska. [3] The high endurance cutter was launched 24 April 1971 at Avondale Shipyard near New Orleans, Louisiana and was commissioned 4 August 1972 at Honolulu, Hawaii, where she would be based for the rest of her career. During her first Alaska patrol, she was caught in a heavy storm and ran aground in the Bering Sea next to the Aleutian Islands. She received a $55 million Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization Program (FRAM) upgrade at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington between July 1990 and December 1992. Jarvis completed her final cruise in late September 2012, and was removed from active service the following week.

Grounding Incident

During a severe storm in November 1972 [4] off the coast of Alaska along the Aluetian Islands, the USCGC Jarvis ran aground after dragging anchor and started to take on water. [5] The ship was holed, but soon repaired when more violent storm caused further leaking and the engine room to fill with water disabling the engines. Back in heavy seas, the ship experienced severe rolls at one time experience a sixty-degree roll. "At 7:04 pm, for one of the few times in Coast Guard history a "MAYDAY" call for help would come from a Coast Guard vessel." [6] A Japanese fishing trawler arrived just in time to tow them to safety before it crashed into rocks, towing them to Dutch Harbor where the ship was repaired and then disembarked. No crew members were lost.

Transfer to Bangladesh Navy

In January 2013 Admiral Cecil D. Haney, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, announced that Jarvis would be transferred to Bangladesh in mid-2013. [7] The Bangladeshis hope to convert the BNS Somudra Joy into a guided missile frigate. A team of U.S. Coast Guard personnel visited Bangladesh in February 2013. The first group of Bangladesh Navy personnel, consisting of 7 officers and 13 sailors, left Bangladesh in February to start training aboard Jarvis on 13 March 2013. She was officially handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 23 May 2013. [8] During her transit to Bangladesh she was diverted to the Philippines to distribute emergency aid for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, arriving there on 29 November 2013. [9] She arrived at her new home Chittagong on 13 December 2013 and was commissioned on 23 December 2013.

Notes

Citations
  1. 1 2 Scheina, p 2
  2. ↑ "378-foot High Endurance Cutter (WHEC)", Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  3. ↑ King, pp 94–107
  4. ↑ All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship
  5. ↑ "The USCGC Jarvis survived a brutal storm in 1972. A St. Clair man lived through it".
  6. ↑ "The Grounding and Near-sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis in 1972, and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship". The American Legion: Legiontown.
  7. ↑ "US to continue maritime partnership", News, bdnews24.com
  8. ↑ "US hands over naval ship", News, bdnews24.com
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh sends aid to Philippines", Tribune Online Report, Dhaka Tribune
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